#48BBCA#48BBCA

#48BBCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.104 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBCA
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -27.45, -17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 32.36, 211.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0923 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.104 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0990, 41.1793, 62.1751)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBCA #CA5748

analogous

#48CA98 #48BBCA #487ACA

triadic

#48BBCA #CA48BB #BBCA48

tetradic

#48BBCA #9848CA #CA5748 #7ACA48

square

#48BBCA #9848CA #CA5748 #7ACA48

split-complementary

#48BBCA #CA487A #CA9848

monochromatic

#226C76 #3097A5 #48BBCA #77CDD8 #A7DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48BBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#48BBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBCA

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBCA	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.104 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfda',
    500: '#48bbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbca;
$custom-light: #8acfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73338,
    "c": 0.10379,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBCA

secondary

#D3A29B

accent

#5B49DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBCA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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